The San Juan Capistrano Ecology Center Community Table Dinner is Sunday November 15 2015.
This is one in a series of dinners that follow the cycle of seasons with two dinners per season.
Each dinner features a renowned chef, a sustainable farmer, and an amazing story.
The Ecology Center Presents a one-of-kind dining and educational experience to support a positive future!
The Fall 2015 Community Table Dinner with Ryan Adams and Cook Pigs Ranch is at 3:30pm.
Through culinary storytelling, Community Table with Chef Ryan Adams of Three Seventy Common and Cook Pigs Ranch explores the numerous benefits of raising livestock locally and sustainably.
Chef Adams has composed a menu that showcases the robust flavors of Cook Pigs Ranch’s pasture-raised heritage pigs.
Community Table is a unique experience that’s part farm-to-table dinner and part education, where you will enjoy delicious local food and meet the rancher/farmer and chef who are responsible for the making of your meal.
Join the Ecology Center at the sustainable table for a one-of-kind dining & educational experience and support a positive future!
Community Table with Ryan Adams and Cook Pigs Ranch Menu:
Wood Roasted Tahitian Squash Salad
dandelion/cook pigs’ chicharron/apple-pork vinaigrette
blue cheese/walnut
Pine Cured Cook Pigs’ Terrine
mustard seed/persimmon/watercress/bread
Cider Braised Pork Belly
wheatgrass/meyer lemon/carrot
Mushroom Stuffed Pork Loin
parsnip/potato/escarole/persimmon
Pear Galette
lemon verbena/crème fraiche/honey/squash seed
*Menu is subject to change at chef’s discretion and depending on seasonal availability.
A portion of your ticket to Community Table supports the creation of a new sustainable cookbook that features recipes from the dinner and complete background and stories about the ingredients.
Community Table chefs and farmers will share tips to help us bring the philosophy of farm-to-table into our everyday.
